1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
And sticked him with bodkins anon.
Chaucer.
It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray.
Sir W.
Scott. 2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
Thou stickest a dagger in me.
Shak. 3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened
on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew.
Shak.
The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
Dryden. 4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also,
to attach in any manner.
8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand.
Such moldings are said to be stuck.
10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang]
To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.
Stick
(Stick) v. i.
1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh.
Bacon. 2. To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to
cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Prov. xviii. 24.
I am a kind of bur; I shall stick.
Shak.
If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown,
'T will ever stick through malice of your own.
Young.
